Schoonmaker v. Cummings & Lockwood of Connecticut, P.C.

Opinion

KATZ, J.

This case raises several significant issues on appeal. First, as a matter of first impression for this court, we must determine the proper standard of review that a trial court should exercise in reviewing an arbitration decision involving the interpretation and applica*418tion of rule 5.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct.1 We conclude that in such a case, de novo review, rather than the traditional, more deferential review afforded to arbitration decisions, is proper. Second, we must determine whether a forfeiture upon competition provision in an employment agreement, as…